Garment-supporter.



' N0- 746,660. PATENTED DEC. 15, 1966.

' 1). BASCH.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. so, 1003.

N0 MODEL.

Patented Beoember 15, 1903.

{PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID AsoH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,660, dated December 9 Serial No. 150.188. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID BASCH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment- Supporters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.-

Myinvention relates to garment-supporters; and it consists, first, in a novel andimproved means for attaching a supporter to a corset; second, in the combination of a skirt-band depressor with a hose-supporter, and, third, in certain novel details of construction and combination of parts, as will hereinafter fully appear.

I will now proceed to describe a garmentsupporter embodying my invention and will then point out the novel features in claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a front view of a garment-supporter embodying my invention and a corset to which the garmentsupporter is attached. Fig. 2 is a rear View of a corset, showing particularly the means for securing the supporter thereto. Fig. 3 is a view on a larger scale of my improved garment supporter, showing portions of the straps broken away in order to save space.

Fig. 4 is a detail front view of one of the hook-shaped securing devices arranged at the end of the waist-straps for engaging the corset. Fig. 5 is a detail view in perspective of a central member to which various straps are arranged to be connected.

The device herein comprises a member a, adapted to be secured upon the person of the wearer by means of waist-straps b b. The waist-straps are provided with hook-shaped end pieces 0 c, which are adapted to hook over the adjacent edges of the rear laced portion of the opposite corset-sections. The straps may be provided with .adjusting-clasps d d, by which they may be shortened or lengthened in a well-known manner. At their front ends the waist-straps b are pivotally connected to the stud e upon the central member a. This is effected by means of slotted plates i, secured to the ends of the waiststraps b b, the slots in said plates being of sufficient width at one end to permit their slipping over the head of the stud e and being contracted at their other ends, so as to be narrower than the head of the stud, but to fit the shank thereof. This will prevent accidental displacement, but will not restrict rotary movement. This construction provides means for ready engagement of the plates 2' with the stud e and permits relative rotary movement, but prevents accidental displacement of the parts. By reason of this connection the central member ais free to swing and will readily give to movements of the wearer.

The central member may be employed for carrying dependent hosesupporting straps and a central dependent strap, to which sanitary towels may be secured. It is here shown as having three slots, to the two outer ones of which hose-supporting straps f are connected and to the middle one of which is secured a central dependent strap g for the purpose above mentioned. The hose supporting straps f may be provided with any suitable devices for engagingthe hose, such devices not being shown or described in detail herein, as their particular construction forms no part of this invention. Either the hose-supporting straps or the central strap may be omitted, if desired, the said member then being employed to support only one of said devices.

The central member a is provided at its upper end with a hook h, designed to engage the band of the skirt and to thus be employed as a skirt-band-depressing means. The tension of the hose-supporting straps f, due to their connection with the hose, will. prevent the member a'from riding up, and hence will exert the necessary pressure to hold the skirtband down in the desired position. The memher a will be prevented from moving downward too far by correct adjustment of the length of the waist-straps b. The support being a flexible one, however, while limiting down ward movement will permit free upward movement when tension isremoved from the hose-supporting straps. At the same time, however,the hooked engagement of the straps with the rear edges of the corset-sections will prevent lateral movement, so that the position of the central member cannot be laterally shifted. By this combination'the hosesupporter and skirt-band hook will both be relieved of pressure when the wearer is in loo asitting or stooping position,while the proper tension will be put upon both when the wearer is in an upright position. In skirtdepressing means as ordinarily empleyedthe tension is uniformly exerted regardless of the position of the wearer. This is both unnecessary and objectionable. In my improved device tension is only exerted at the time required and the entire device is arranged so that it will readily give to the various movements of the wearer.

What I claim is- 1. The combination with straps for encircling the waist of a wearer, of hook-shaped end pieces carried thereby, for engaging the laced rear edges of opposite corset-sections.

2. The combination with hose-supporting means, of straps connecting therewith, having hook-shaped end pieces for engaging the 20 laced rear edges of opposite corset-sections.

straps and a central metallic plate securing same together, of waist-straps both pivotally connected to said central plate, and each provided with hook-shaped end pieces for-engaging the laced rear edges of opposite corset-sections.

5. The combination with a central member having means for supporting a dependent strap, of waist-straps connecting with said central member and having hook-shaped end pieces for engaging the laced rear edges of opposite corset-sections.

6. The combination with a central member and a strap dependent therefrom, of Waist straps connecting with said central member and having hook-shaped end pieces for engaging the laced rear edges of opposite corset-sections.

' 7. The combination with hose-supporting straps and a central member connecting same, of skirt-depressing means carried by said member, and Waist-straps connecting with said central member and having hook-shaped end pieces for engaging the laced rear edges of opposite corset-sections.

- DAVID BASOH. Witnesses:

O. F. CARRINGTON, MINERVA POPE. 

